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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

NASA wanted to do something special for all the lady astronauts of the world:

And by "special", I mean something big, flaccid, curving to the right, poised to explode into the dark recesses that are out of this world, and that says "Women in Space: We've Come A Long Way".

[biting lip] Wow. So many innuendo-laced jokes, so little time. And if my mom didn't read this blog (Hi, Mom!), you can bet I'd be saying something about the fallacy that men can't organize - much less erect - a project of this size. Or how nice it is to see NASA giving women the upper hand in the space program, so that they, too, can get ahead. In fact, I'd probably wonder aloud if it wasn't rather cold in the exhibit hall, if that wouldn't put too fine a point on it.

However, since my mom *does* read this blog (Hi, Mom!), all I'm going to say is this, and to the cake creator: don't take my good-natured ribbing too hard. The fact that you got a government agency to pay for your services makes you a Wreck star.

And for you deprived souls who didn't get the FotC reference, watch this:

I would have hated to have been at the party and had to take the required pose with the cake photos. Either my face would have been really red or I would be smirking like mad tryig not to laugh out loud.

If I had to complain it'd be about the scale though. (also the OMS pods are missing and the SRBs aren't marked.. sorry just nitpicking from a NASA buff) The little woman figurine should be quite a bit smaller. That or the whole cake should have been that much BIGGER!

Hat and Fappy! said I would have hated to have been at the party and had to take the required pose with the cake photos. Either my face would have been really red or I would be smirking like mad tryig not to laugh out loud.

I think I would have deliberately gone for an obscene pose if I were there. :P

Generally, I enjoy your blog simply as a lurker. But this...I mean...not one of the people working at the bakery stood back and said "You know...this is really starting to look...well..schlongish. Maybe we should adjust our approach".

As a cake decorator, I would have been ashamed to send it to a client.

Just to add some more NASA trivia, I know the gentleman who figured out that it was better not to paint the SWT, and leave it in it's "natural" state. (from a distance I suppose rust could resemble a flesh tone...)

In light of this cake-for-the-ladies, I'll shake his hand for you.

P.s. Seriously? No "too many d*** on the launchpad"? It was the perfect bookend.

I've been toying with the idea of using this song for the garter toss at my wedding dance (this Sunday!), and it's been in my head for daaaaaaaaaays, so it's crazy to wake up and find it here. (I think we've decided to go with the Most Beautiful Girl in the Room instead, btw. :-)

And speaking of weddings, I think this cake is perhaps more appropriate for bachelorette party shenanigans than for NASA!

I was very excited to have a FotC reference right off the bat. I almost thought it was too good to be true...until you had the video at the end! I think I love you even more now! Almost as much as I love Bret and Jemaine :)